Snow-flakes drifted in the sky. Prying open the frozen ice, they hauled the monstrous creatures out. Though these men were warriors selected for their immense physical strength, they were still battered by the cold, their exhaled breaths turning to icy shards in the biting wind.

Even so, everyone remained high-spirited, hacking away at the ice with fervor.

It wasn't just the Brightness Base City; the Huaxia Base Cities in other directions, and the Russian base cities, were also mobilized. Figures roamed the garrisons of the original base cities, chipping away at the wealth frozen within the ice.

Separately, Xu Tianguo had taken down the real-world coordinates of the youth in white and his companions, guiding them over. What Ye Chen hadn't expected was that these three brothers were actually residing within the Huaxia Base City. Perhaps even Murong Xue couldn't have foreseen that the individual who had caused her such a headache recently was right under her nose.

As if needing to prove a point to Ye Chen, the youth in white showed no mercy to the warriors in the training city. If they displeased him in the slightest, he would berate them fiercely, or look upon them with the same disdain Ye Chen once held for him.

Everyone dared not speak, suppressing their anger.

Lacking strength, lacking skill, inferior to the youth in white in every aspect, they could only grit their teeth, obey orders, and channel all their pent-up fury into savage training, working until the youth in white felt an impulse to have his eyes blown wide open.

Through continuous selection, the youth in white had already selected 382 individuals from the virtual world to join the Base City's Public Security Department. In his words, "These are all excellent prospects; wasting them would be a crime!"

Furthermore, many of the younger generation of the Xuanyuan Clan, those above the Sixth Order, even those at the King Grade—including Huang Lu, Zi Wan, and Huang Feng—had joined the Public Security Department, submitting to the youth in white's command. These individuals possessed deep foundations, greatly satisfying the youth in white during training, earning high praise. He exclaimed that he never expected such fine talents could be found within the Brightness Base City.

This remark was undeniably a bombshell, enraging the high-ranking officials of the military and Superhuman Departments of all base cities.

The result, however, was that after their fury subsided, their complaints to Xu Tianguo were dismissed with a single sentence: "The President said, 'Anyone who disagrees can issue a challenge!'"

That single sentence silenced everyone.

Since guiding the three brothers to the base city, Xu Tianguo had assigned the gene serums developed by the Research Department to them. This caused their physiques to surge, and under mass resource cultivation, they directly leaped to Level 100!

Paired with reserves of high-level monster corpses and bio-enhanced meat, the three brothers were now all Level 300 warriors. While not overwhelmingly powerful, no one dared to underestimate them.

Later, the youth in white selected another 800 people from the base city's military department to become grassroots personnel in the Public Security Department. Every member of the Public Security Department received preferential treatment in terms of resources, with extremely large amounts available as advances.

The youth in white arrogantly told Ye Chen that given three months, the thousand-plus people currently incorporated would all become famous figures, each renowned throughout the world.

Ye Chen merely nodded slightly, saying no more.

Meanwhile, at the site of the former Spain.

At a massive ice sinkhole, the headquarters of a base city was situated inside. Numerous people were climbing up the ice, while others outside were hacking at the frozen monsters within the ice blocks.

Pfft! Pfft!

"Hahahaha…" A youth finally struck a Merman Beast. Taking advantage of the creature's stiffness, he swung his steel blade, killing it instantly. Then, ignoring the swelling in his hands, he grabbed the Merman Beast's arm and dragged it into the base city.

If they were outside the walls, safety could not be guaranteed.

Inside the city, at least basic order existed, especially now when they could excavate food from the outside; the order within the base city had recovered considerably.

Just as the youth turned around, a speck of light shot out, piercing through his skull. His entire brain exploded, and his corpse fell with a thud onto the ice.

The surrounding workers, busy with their tasks, were alerted by this sudden event and turned their heads in surprise. They saw a majestic figure had appeared in the sky—towering nearly twenty feet tall, about the height of a first-floor building, clad entirely in pitch-black armor, with black horns atop his head, and cruel light glinting in his eyes.

The black-armored man reached out, and a woman below was helplessly drawn upward, controlled by a potent energy. He seized her head and exerted slight pressure; the woman screamed weakly and passed out.

A weak electrical current flowed from the top of the girl's head, converging into the black-armored man's hand. A cruel curve touched his lips as he sneered coldly, "Base City? Relic site? Spain? Heh heh heh…"

He spoke in human language!

Everyone present was struck with an inexplicable horror, unsure where this unusually sized being originated. Some more cautious individuals quietly retreated, slipping back into the relic site.

The black-armored man looked down at the crowd and spoke in a chilling voice, "I ask you, who killed my nephew!"

Everyone exchanged bewildered glances.

Hostility flared in the black-armored man's eyes. "No one answers? Then die!" With a wave of his hand, the very space around them seemed to warp. A wisp of mysterious black energy flashed and vanished, and instantly, everyone before him, their faces frozen in terror, disintegrated like flying ash. Annihilated!

They didn't even have time to scream. They simply turned to dust, as if weathered away.

The black-armored man gazed at the great ice sinkhole, a sinister smile playing on his lips, and charged in with a single step. In an instant, he arrived at a vast plaza bustling with people. Looking around, he saw figures coming and going, a cacophony of voices, many hauling frozen monsters—it was lively and prosperous.

"Hmph!" The black-armored man snorted, the sound like a heavenly thunderclap, suppressing all noise on the plaza.

Everyone stopped in astonishment, turning to look at this sudden intruder.

"Who killed my nephew, step forward!" The black-armored man's killing intent was icy cold.

The crowd remained bewildered. Some who sensed the grave danger quietly retreated into the buildings.

"Die!" Seeing their lack of response filled the black-armored man with rage. With a grand wave of his hand, the light twisted, and a wisp of black radiance ignited at his fingertips. Immediately, the majority of people on the plaza turned to ash, vanishing from existence!

Killing them was as easy as mowing grass!

Following this display of power, those further away finally came to their senses. The entire relic site descended into chaos. Countless people scrambled, fleeing into buildings, trembling, while many who fell during their panicked flight let out wretched screams, cries, and shrieks.

Alarm bells rang out, and Spanish words blared from the public address systems.

Panic, fear!

Swish swish swish!

A unit clad in heavy armor rushed forward, holding firearms and cold weapons, gazing apprehensively at the black-armored man. A middle-aged man stepped out from their ranks. He secretly marveled at the man's size but did not appear overly flustered, maintaining composure as he said, "Sir, may I ask you…"

"Scram!" The black-armored man had no patience for pleasantries. He swung his arm, and a wave of mysterious energy washed over the middle-aged man. Before the man could finish speaking, his body trembled slightly and dissolved like flying ash.

He killed with a mere wave of his hand!

The rest, witnessing this, were struck with even deeper terror, shivering and daring not to speak.

From a distant loudspeaker, a fierce shout echoed: "Whoever has trespassed, retreat immediately, or I will launch missiles! Please…"

"Get lost!" The black-armored man’s eyes were icy. He slapped his hand out, and the power surged towards the source of the sound, shattering the loudspeaker.

"No one knows, eh!" The black-armored man surveyed the scene, a bloodthirsty, cruel curve forming on his lips. "Then all of you shall die!" His body transformed into a cloud of black mist and swooped down. Everyone engulfed by the mist screamed as they died, their vital essence sucked dry, leaving only skin and bone.

In an instant, the entire base city was thrown into disarray. People scattered in panic; screams echoed everywhere.

Half an hour later, the black-armored man stood in a plaza slick with blood, surrounded by mountains of corpses at his feet. He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking over the now desolate plaza. Suddenly, he realized: "I forgot. These people don't know who my nephew is!" Saying this, he slapped his forehead, stomped his foot, and left the relic site, rushing toward another area.

The appearance of the black-armored man was like a hurricane sweeping the globe, wreaking havoc in the base cities of various nations.

In America, at the former site of the White House.

Upon a vast expanse of white snow, many figures were busy chipping at the ice, appearing like a massive colony of ants. The black-armored man descended from above and drew a line with his hand. Black energy formed the shape of a man in black attire, broad and imposing, with a demonic appearance and a head full of serpentine hair. If Ye Chen were present, he would instantly recognize this figure as the Dark Prince!

"You people, who recognizes him?" the black-armored man demanded coldly.

His voice boomed like rolling thunder across the sky, startling the busy workers below to look up in shock. Most of these people possessed good eyesight and could immediately tell the black-armored man was extraordinary. They fixed their gaze upon the image of the Dark Prince, racking their brains, but found they had never seen such a strange individual.

Seeing no one answer after a long moment, the black-armored man roared, "Speak quickly!"

The sound vibrated, causing the eardrums of those with slightly weaker constitutions to tingle, their minds filled with a booming resonance.

"A bunch of trash!" Impatience flared in the black-armored man's eyes. With a grand wave of his hand, everyone in the area was struck down like dust, and then the black-armored man plunged into the ice sinkhole below, entering the relic site…

In the end, he naturally returned empty-handed.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The black-armored man charged through the relic site, slaughtering everyone. After finishing, he turned and left, rushing toward other base cities. Along his route, he swept through and massacred seven or eight base cities, some belonging to smaller nations. Globally, there were over two hundred nations, with more than a hundred base cities surviving after the Ice Age!

The black-armored man killed countless people but still failed to find the murderer. His heart churned with furious impatience.

"Have you seen this person!" The black-armored man arrived at a base city in Moscow, angrily confronting the people inside.

Everyone in the entire relic site had witnessed his power. They trembled fearfully, their faces pale, daring not to speak. Suddenly, one person stood out from the crowd and shouted loudly, "I have."

"Hm?" The black-armored man cast his gaze over.